1st-mid 3rd century CE
7.5 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm (2 15/16 x 7/8 x 7/16 in.)
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
Export blue-and-white ware, Arita ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark of a single Chinese character on the base
17th-18th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. From the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
18th centuryKoreanTerracotta with black paint
4th century BCESouth ItalianLead-glazed funerary ware: brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed, caramel-brown glaze over mold-impressed handles, the decoration created through the application of lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze over localized areas of the caramel-brown glaze
1st-2nd century CEChineseSilver
20th centuryAmericanWhite nephrite
18th centuryChineseTemmoku-type ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze streaked with yellow overglaze, the foot and base with medium brown skin; with incised signature reading "Moriyasu saku" on the base
20th centuryJapanesePunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over stamped decoration inlaid with white slip
15th centuryKoreanCeramic
20th centurySwedishSilver
17th-19th centuryFrench